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Some business owners feel that the closure will have a negative effect on the use of their property. The same restrictions in traffic flow that appeal to residents is seen by business owners as a liability that increases costs and can lead to lost income if customers find more accessible businesses. As most of the businesses on Stewart do not have retail operations, there should be little lost business due to the reduction in drive-by traffic. Businesses are concerned about a decrease in business due to a reduction in the number of drive- by trips. The reduction in drive-by trips is not considered a significant issue, as businesses on Stewart Road are not of the type that typically depend on easy access, high visibility, and high traffic volumes on the adjacent street for their customer base. The industrial property is zoned 1-2, a zoning which permits retail sales only "...when secondary, directly related, and limited to products manufactured, repaired, or assembled on the development site" (Eugene Code, 9.450 (e-l)). Retail sales at Euphoria Chocolate, the only business with a retail outlet, may have been affected, but this should be a minor concern, as the retail portion of the business is, by Code definition, secondary. Costs to businesses should also not increase much, as the 1996 weight limit restriction on the eastern section of Stewart Road (Admin. Order 58-96-07) prohibited trucks over eight tons from using Stewart. This means that larger trucks making pick-ups or deliveries to businesses on Stewart would already be traveling the route made mandatory by the closure. Business costs would increase to the extent that local trucks of less than eight tons are now unable to use Stewart Road when their origin or destination is to the east. This impact is minor and of little consequence; during the six hours of the April 1998 Origin and Destination Study only three trucks with local destinations drove on the eastern portion of Stewart Road. Trucks in excess of eight tons have previously been prohibited from using the eastern portion of Stewart, so the affected local trips are most likely not business trips but probably employees coming to and going from work. (h) The intensity of use of the street by vehicles and pedestrians. . Intensity of use of Stewart Road is discussed in section (a)(2). As discussed there, the closure has reduced the intensity of use of the street by vehicles. This decrease in intensity of use will slow the decline of Stewart Road without causing a significant inconvenience to users of the Road. . The use of the street by pedestrians or bicyclists will not be affected. Provisions will be made to provide pedestrian and bicycle access through the barricade (i) The physical condition and characteristics of the street and abutting property. . Stewart Road is a two-way, two lane street. The eastern portion, approximately 1,450 feet long, is an unimproved, approximately 20 foot wide roadway in very Administrative Order 58-99-05, Findings